On April 24, 1972, John Lennon released a new single: “Woman Is the N—– of the World.” Even at that time — an era in
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History has consigned Elton John’s 16th studio album, Jump Up!, to also-ran status. Biographer Philip Norman dismissed it as “rather static and unenergized.” In his
R.E.M. built a following partly through their defiantly anti-commercial stance during the image-driven ’80s, so it may have come as something of a surprise when
30 Years Ago: XTC’s Struggles Continue on Lush, Ignored ‘Nonsuch’
The Los Angeles riots broke out in Tom Petty’s adopted hometown the same day he returned from a European tour in 1992. “We got back,”
On April 29, 1992 a jury acquitted four police officers who had been accused of violently beating Rodney King. The decision sent shockwaves through Los
40 Years Ago: Metallica’s Five-Piece Lineup Plays Their Only Show
Led Zeppelin were no strangers to record-setting stadium concerts by spring 1977. But even by their standards, their mammoth performance at the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit was
Few artists have ever been on a roll like Stevie Wonder was from 1972-80, the era chronicled on Stevie Wonder’s Original Musiquarium I. During that
The Beatles never released a live album while they were still together, though it wasn’t for lack of trying. The group’s meteoric rise in fame